Book Review: ‘Scribes of Redemption: Letters from an Incarcerated Father to His Incarcerated Son’ by Ahjamu Baruti


Life is funny like that: the road we take, Serling’s signpost ahead, the mis-directed arrow with no  GPS capability, point indiscriminately missed. This is it - the lesson - deeply imbedded in Ahjamu Baruti’s collected notes, Scribe’s of Redemption: Letters from an Incarcerated Father to His Incarcerated Son. Baruti’s letters are passionate and profoundly insightful; his sociopolitical observations pensive and intellectual, tender and sharp. He is a scholar, …

Book Review: Monique Mensah’s ‘Inside Rain’


  WINNER OF THE 2010 BEST BOOKS AWARD FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FICTION!!   So, as a matter of course, I found myself disenchanted, repulsed, and put off by the very thing that I once felt obligated to promote and support…. However… Monique Mensah’s new novel, Inside Rain, has sparked new interest in my once waning faith that …